About Geoffrey Armitage
Lived 1917 – 1996 (aged 78). Geoffrey Armitage was a military leader.
Major-General Geoffrey Thomas Alexander Armitage (5 July 1917 – 23 June 1996) was a British Army officer.
Military career Educated at Haileybury, Armitage was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 26 August 1937 and served as a war substantive captain in the Second World War. He became Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps Centre in 1962, Chief of Staff, I (British) Corps in 1966 and General Officer Commanding, North East District in August 1970 before retiring in January 1973.
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Who was Geoffrey Armitage?
British Army officer
When was Geoffrey Armitage born?
Geoffrey Armitage was born on 5 July 1917.
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Geoffrey Armitage died on 23 June 1996.
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Geoffrey Armitage was a military leader.
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